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Leipzig: Wednesday, 30.04.2025

The reading rooms in the main building of the German National Library in Leipzig will close at 14:00 due to an event. The museum reading room, the music reading room and the service area are open until 18.00. The exhibitions of the German Museum of Books and Writing will open from 10:00 to 18:00.

Frankfurt am Main: Repair work telephone system

On 2 May, the Frankfurt site of the German National Library will be unavailable by telephone from 9.30 - 11.30 due to repair work.

Metadata from the Integrated Authority File (GND) – GND change service

The current weekly deliveries of the GND are provided in MARC 21 (also in XML structure).
You can view the current data version after using the access link in the respective data description.
Each delivery will be deleted after 100 days.

Access to metadata via SFTP client.

Short-URL: https://www.dnb.de/metadataservice
Contact: metadatendienste@dnb.de

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